{"id":29227,"date":"2025-12-02T09:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/?p=29227"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:50:43","slug":"belgian-companies-paid-almost-e22-billion-in-tax-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trends-business-information.be\/en\/news\/belgian-companies-paid-almost-e22-billion-in-tax-in-2024","title":{"rendered":"Belgian companies paid almost \u20ac22 billion in tax in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29227\" class=\"elementor elementor-29227 elementor-29105\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-530911a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"530911a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5368c090 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5368c090\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc245eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3dc245eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5830089a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5830089a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Tax in 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40041e1f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40041e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Belgian companies paid almost \u20ac22 billion in tax in 2024<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72b2c9e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"72b2c9e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a62be9b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a62be9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-791ed3e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"791ed3e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50aa2f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50aa2f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Belgian companies are expected to pay a record \u20ac21.85 billion in corporate tax in 2024, according to calculations by the financial magazine Trends.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59600203 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59600203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-content\"><p>This record figure is based on available data and reflects a trend of steadily increasing corporate tax revenues in recent years.<\/p><p>Analyst Pascal Flisch from Trends Business Information attributes the rise to fewer tax loopholes and an increase in the number of corporate taxpayers. In 2024, nearly 433,000 companies out of a total of 548,320 were subject to taxation.<\/p><p>Flemish companies contributed 63% of the total tax revenue, although collections in Wallonia decreased overall, the magazine reported.<\/p><p>However, the two companies paying the highest corporate taxes, Mastercard Europe and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, are both based in Wallonia, contributing over \u20ac485 million and \u20ac308 million respectively in 2024. 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